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When my first child was born, over 15 years ago, I frequently referred to this big encyclopedic book about children’s stages and development. I didn’t really look at all that, but I was constantly looking at the pictures of the rashes and reading about the symptoms. When exactly does an illness warrant a medical visit and when is it okay to treat at home or wait it out?
I know no one uses books anymore. Now we have Dr. Internet to totally freak us out with pictures and worst-case scenarios. We can check out a wiki or even find a message board where people can give advice. But anyone can post online. People who are on the chat board might not have your exact symptoms. It can be more dangerous than helpful (besides — it makes all of us hypochondriacs!).
Greatcall has a free Urgent Care App that is available for apple or android. It was easy to download and is easy to use. Some of the features include:
- Have one-touch access to a live nurse for advice 24/7, who can escalate the call to a board-certified physician if needed
- Get health-related assessments, general health information, diagnosis or even a prescription
- Have access to an easy-to-understand medical dictionary
- Research your symptoms with the medical symptom checker tool.
As women, I know we discuss a lot of things with each other, but sometimes there are things that worry us that we don’t discuss. Sometimes we are even embarrassed to talk to our doctors about them. The symptom checker, or even a call to a nurse, could help you know if you need to seek further treatment, or if you can stop worrying.
It’s sad, but in addition to time, sometimes we delay a visit to the doctor because of cost. The Urgent Care app is also cost-effective. The app itself is free, giving you access to search your symptoms, and each call to a nurse is only $3.99. Even if you have good insurance, your office visit co-pay is going to be at least 3 or 4 times that amount.
You might use this tool when you don’t have time to go to the doctor. There’s nothing like changing your schedule to get to the doctor’s office and finding that there’s nothing the doctor can do. There are also times when you have other kids at home or asleep, and getting to an urgent care facility isn’t convenient. Of course, you’ll go if you need to, but if someone can help you over the phone, isn’t that more convenient?
You can download the app for both Iphone and Androids.
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In order to encourage you to give the Greatcall Urgent Care app a try, they are giving away a $25 itunes gift card.
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Daniel Vice says
This could help with kid illnesses
Joy Q says
It can help to figure out if I should spend the extra money to go to a doctor
Jennifer J says
This would really help when my little girl is sick, but I’m not sure if i should keep her home or take her to the doctor.
Barbara S says
Have one-touch access to a live nurse for advice 24/7, who can escalate the call to a board-certified physician if needed This could come in handy
melikegarfield says
Two people in the family often have issues and I see this as a great resource for helping figuring out their issues or finding someone who can help
kathy pease says
This would be great for me I am always having changing symptoms week to week they are different.I contracted Lyme Disease a few years back and I dont think the antibiotics got rid of it
Douglas Houston says
This app would be great to see if a doctor’s visit would be warranted
melina r says
This app would help me because kids don’t get sick during normal office hours. I can get to talk to a nurse anytime of day.
tracey byram says
This app would save me time, money and stress.
tiffini lance says
with 2 under 2 i always have questions about what is going on with their health
Sallee Crummel Glickler says
I’ve worked as a pharmacy tech, and now as an analyst at an insurance company, so I am pretty well versed with a LOT of medical terms, symptoms, and diagnosis’. That said, I still like to consult various sites to check myself or my family (since there really isn’t a lot that can be done for some things, so there is no reason to pay a visit to the doctors). This would made it a bit more convenient. And if worse comes to worse, there is always Teledoc!
azalea says
It could save me time and money from having to go to the doctor!
Sarah L says
First I’d have to get a smart phone. Could be useful for those who have them.
Thanks for the contest.
krystal wethington says
It would help me when i need to get health information.
Trisha McKee says
This app is great because i have kids and any parent always worries about their kids. Knowing there is help and I’m saving time and money- that is great.
Ernest Saindon says
This app would give us great peace of mind.
Tara C says
It would give me an idea of whether or not to be concerned about symptoms my children are displaying.
Sand says
It would help to know if a doctor’s visit is necessary.
meme says
This would be great for me because I’m a caregiver and it would let me know when I need to call a doctor
Matt Cavallaro says
It would be easy to look up my symptoms when I’m sick.
Sky Kory says
This would help me search for my symptoms.
Geoff K says
This app would help me give advice to my admittedly hypochondriac friend, who’s always calling describing her son’s symptoms and asking for a diagnosis!
Tara says
The medical dictionary would be helpful.
Buddy Garrett says
It would help me determine whether or not I need to seek medical care or not. Paying for my own medical care because I don’t have insurance is costly.
Storm, the Psychotic Housewife says
I like that it gives me 24/7 access to a nurse.
Brittney House says
The symptom checker would be so helpful for me.
Jennifer sorenson says
With 3 kids, free medical advice at the palm of my hand is always a plus!
Michelle Tucker says
It costs lots of money for us to go to the doctor, so when we have something wrong that a nurse could take care of, then it’d be very cost effective.
rose paden says
This app could really help me get advice before having to go pay for an expensive doctors visit or waiting for them to call us back with information!
Nancy says
I could use it for the general health information. The things you want or need to know but are not worthy of a doctor visit.
CharityS says
The medical dictionary could really come in handy.
Michele C says
Have one-touch access to a live nurse
Nessa says
This app would be a great help in determining if a trip to the doctor is really necessary. It could save wasted trips as well as money!
Melissa Nagy says
If my kids were still little, I probably would have used this app at least once every winter.
amy deeter says
it would let me know what symptoms could be
Jill L says
It would have saved me the frustration of going to an urgent care center, being checked in and having to pay just to be told that we had to go to the ER. I could used this app and saved time and money.
Jackee says
It would help give us quick answers.
Kenny Gardner says
This App would be extremely useful and helpful! Especially with kids running around.
Jenny says
this is a great thing to have just to gain a little bit of extra knowledge
Sherry Eckman says
It would help to narrow down what was wrong..I like the symptom checker!
Rebecca Lock says
This would be great because we have no urgent care options around. It has to be serious for us to visit the ER. We have 3 teen aged boys and try to be able to take care of medical situations at home. This would be an additional tool in providing medical advice at home.
david cosgrove says
this would help me by helping me to diagnose myself and possibly saving a trip to the doctors
Paula Tavernie says
It would help us when we have to wait for a Drs appointment!
harold says
It would help me get health information that I need quickly.
Rebecca Peters says
It would help me look up symptoms
Melinda Stephens says
I don’t own a car, so this would be great for those times when I don’t have anybody around whose car I can borrow to go to the dr.
Caryn S says
That it’s $3.99 to speak to a nurse instead of paying a co-pay and dragging my kids to the doctor
tina reynolds says
I would love having a qualified second opinion especially on the weekend or in the evenings
Linda G. says
This would help to look up symptons
Jill says
This would help us when we got sick on weekends!
Kim H says
I would use it to look up proper dosages
Michelle H says
I’d use it for a second opinion before taking my son to the doctor.
Jill Myrick says
This app would be a big help for us cost wise.
It would be nice to be able to look up symptoms and get an opinion on what my be going on rather than having to go to the doctor so much to find out that it is not anything serious.
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Angela W says
This would help me when I’m not sure what our symptoms mean.
Brenda Elsner says
This will help save money by not visiting the doctor all the time.
Daniel M says
help find out what the symptoms mean
Shannon says
I’m always debating if I should go or not…talking to a nurse would be a great help!
Brynn says
This would be awesome for those times I cant afford a copay for every little ailment.
Sunnymay says
Getting advice in just one touch of a button would be great. Then I wouldn’t have to scroll through contact list to find the right person to ask my questions. Advice from a nurse may direct your attention to the right place to go for crucial help with both long term and short term (acute) problems. It’s almost like concierge service for healthcare.
Robin says
It help me diagnose my condition when I’m sick.
Heather K says
Quick access to nurse 24/7
Wendy R says
it would help if i ever have a medical question!
Heather B says
I think this app could help when it comes to deciding whether something is severe enough to go to urgent care or if it something that can wait for a regular appointment
richelle bowers says
this app would take a little of the stress away about if you should take your kids to the doctor or not
joni says
With a sick elderly mother, the live nurse advice would be used quite frequently.
Jacob LaFountaine says
I don’t like doctors. So it makes it easier to get checked out
Miranda Ward says
It would help me know wether or not a trip to the er is needed
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Shirley Hicks says
this would help when the grandkids are sick
Beth Klocinski says
The symptom checker my help me determine if I should go to Urgent Care or not
Rosanne says
I have dizzy and fainting spells and am home alone a lot so it would help to know I can call someone
rich morris says
the symptom checker looks like it would be handy to narrow down the illness
Lasonda says
It would be good to have a nurse to contact for medical questions.
Myrna Kasick says
It could save me a trip to the doctors.
Kathleen RG says
Would be perfect for first-time parents
Monique Rizzo says
It would be very helpful for information.
Thanks for the chance.
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Stephanie Larison says
It would be helpful to see what the problem could be.
Nicole Lancaster says
The app would be useful to me because I can contact a nurse to see if myself or my family’s symptoms need an urgent care or doctor’s office visit. And I can get questions answered fast instead of waiting forever until my doctor can get a hold of me.
Jeanette Ardiente says
This app is great. I have wanted a consulting nurse available, but my children’s doctor doesn’t have one. I could use this app instead.
Thomas lockhart says
could help me not get sick
Stephen says
I could use it for my parents!
Suzanne K says
I could use this app right now to figure out if I’m dealing with allergies, brochitis or walking pneumonia
Kathy stevenson says
I would love having the 24/7 advice from a live nurse!
Donna Pyszk says
i will be able to get health information for this winter season .
brandy g. says
It would help me to know what my symptoms mean
Tabathia B says
It would help me understand my kids symptoms instead of waiting until next morning to call the doctor
Steve Stone says
can use it before I go to the doctor when I want to know what my symptoms mean
Vickie Schlicher says
It would help me understand better without going to the doctor for just an ache and pain
wendy wallach says
it could keep me from getting sicker when i am not sure if i am sick enough to go to the doctor
Tara says
The app would help with searching to see if your symptoms warrant a call to the doctor or possibly just something mild.
Crystal F says
I’m always worried that there is something going on with my girls. This would help give me peace of mind until I can get them into a dr for a check out. Thank you!
susan wiener says
we can use the app for symptoms too. Our health is poor and this would really help. thx
Angela Kinder says
We have been to the ER a whopping 5 times this year for what turned out to be minor problems. It would definitely keep us from freaking out when something minor happens.
Cynthia R says
this app is helpful to find a doctor, hard to find one accepting patients, would help me look up symptoms too.
Catherine says
I like that I can research the symptoms with the medical symptom checker tool. Very helpful
Amber says
This app would be great because I think it could save me a few trips to the doctor and help me get peace of mind when my kids are ill.
Kyl Neusch says
use it before I go to the doctor
Ronni says
How would this app help me??? FREE medical advise is ALWAYS helpful 🙂
Tamar says
It will help me understand more about ailments at the palm of my hand.
Kathleen says
when i am not sure if a trip to the dr is needed
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Sarah says
It would be a handy way to look up everyday health questions that pop into my head. 🙂
Emily says
Wow what a great app! Very useful.
LaVonne says
With two kids, I don’t always know if I need to bring them in. A call to a nurse would be helpful.
Tammy S says
This app would come in handy when there is something wrong with one of the kids and I am not sure what it might be and if a trip to the doctor is needed.
lauren knott says
This app would be great to help give info whenever I needed it.
Jeni Mitchell says
I live alone and so in my case I don’t have anyone present to double check with to see if my current situation is worth going now to see a dr., or if it is something that could wait til morning. This app would help me assess whatever it is I might be facing and if necessary, call a nurse and discuss it with them. Technology really has come a long way. I love that we have options such as this app available to us.
melissa Resnick says
would love this, looking up drug interactions ect, very helpful
Cynthia C says
The app would help me know whether or not I should make an appointment to see my doctor.
Kayla says
This would definitely help me throughout my everyday life because having chronic Lyme is no cake walk! There are so many different signs, symptoms, and overall craziness going on so having a resource to look up things and try to deal with them on our own leaving actually going into the doctor as a last option would be ideal to save us time, energy, and money!
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Tracy Robertson says
Luckily my health care provider at this time provides a 24 hour call in nurse where you can ask questions. But I also think this app is great! sometimes you just don’t feel like talking to an actual person (especially when you aren’t feeling well) so this would be perfect for such times!
Barbara Montag says
It would sure help when one of us is sick and it’s after hours for the doctor.
Thank you.
LMK says
Our insurance skyrocketed last year and until each person meets his/her deductible NOTHING is covered. I’m, therefore, often reluctant to take the kids to the doctor unless I’m certain something can be done for them. How nice it would be to have a nurse who isn’t routinely going to say “we can’t do anything until the doctor looks at them.” $3.99 per call? I’ll take it!
Victoria Robinson says
I have had tons of medical training, but there are still many things that I have encountered with my kids such as rashes that I had no idea what to do about. This would surely make my life a little easier to look up symptoms and even have alive nurse to ask questions to, so awesome!
Shannon Baas says
gives me an idea what might be the problem.
Laurie says
Using the symptom checker would be so helpful for me.
april yedinak says
It would help me decide if my family member’s illness needed further treatment.
Ellie W says
The app would be great for my family of asthmatics and people with allergies.
Margaret Smith says
Many times with my kids, they will either get a rash, fever, or ache and it never fails to be during the weekends or nights. This would really help when I’m in doubt what to do and I’m concerned.
Adrienne Gordon says
use it to diagnose more common ailments
Brittany says
This would help me know whether to go to er or if I can wait until office hours on the weekends. Thanks for the giveaway.
Janet says
It would help to be able to look up what symptoms mean and also have a nurse answer questions I have.
Eileen Richter says
Hubby dragging germs home, two kids in school and a ton of sports, and a day care my daughter runs here. I am also chronically ill so med calls in for sports injuries, suspected strep and who knows what. We could use this app! Just had my 16 year old in today. Wasted trip,…hmm…another ‘virus”
Renee Walters says
I can use it when I want to know what my symptoms mean.
Vickie Couturier says
with 11 grandkids an 2 more on the way this would be really helpful to know this is on my phone
shelly says
I’d help me talk to a live nurse if I need advice on whether to bring my child in to the dr. or not.
Kerrie Mayans says
This app would let me speak to a nurse when I am not sure about taking my kids in or waiting it out and it is very affordable to do so.
Jessica T says
I love having access to current and legitimate info at my fingertips!
Cheryl F. says
This app could help me because I often look for health information online.
Katherine says
The 3.99 phone call instead of the 80 dollar office visit
Janet W. says
This could help us because we’re constantly looking up symptoms that my grandsons are displaying to see what it means.
Barbara Platt says
it would help with answers fast when there’s an ER and I am nervous and can’t think
Terra Heck says
I have six kids and this would be great to help more information on symptoms they have when they are ill and possibly be armed with more knowledge before taking them to the doctor. Thanks.
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Janet F says
This app can help me when I need to know about general health information and when I am unable to make a Drs. appointment I can find out about symptoms.
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elaine says
it would be great to use for my son before we go to the doctor.
Kelly D says
I could use this app when my kids are sick after the doctor’s regular hours.
Claudia says
this app will help me to find out what are the symptoms mean. Thank you!
mrsshukra says
I’m always googling symptoms not only for myself but for other family members, this app will be very helpful!
Elena says
I can use it before I go to the doctor when I want to know what my symptoms mean
Jessica To says
This would help me when I’m not sure what our symptoms mean.
DEBIJOT says
This app would put my mind at ease, knowing help if available when I need it.
Jessie C. says
This app can ease my mind at the moment while waiting for doctor’s care.
Christina Marie says
This app could help me by having a nurse on the ready nearby when I’m sick. Thanks for the giveaway!